“A racist notion found in neoshamanic circles is placing high value on indigenous wisdom but not on indigenous people.” — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
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“South Earth Summon (Naskaristana 2800) I am the Son of South Earth, my spice-tolerance is superhuman, but lies-tolerance is nonexistent - my… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
![“...Sabina [was] onto something about mehendi not being tantamount to temporary tattoo, and how it's been appropriated by Western capitalist culture. But the mehendi originated in Africa, and so India appropriated it from a people of color as well, according to Upma, and thus we shouldn't wear…” quote by Tanuja Desai Hidier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c50/tanuja-desai-hidier-39721_cultural-appropriati_sabina-was-onto-something-about-mehendi_127795.jpg)
